June 2013 - Swiss Valley Farms

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Where’s the Cheese? by Don Boelens Published Monthly by: Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative P.O. Box 4493 Davenport, IA 52808 563.468.6600 FAX 563.468.6616 www.swissvalley.com Nancy Feeney Editor/ Member Relations Mgr. Swiss Valley Farms, Co. will produce, distribute and sell value-added, quality products for our: Customers & Consumers Owner/Members Workforce Swiss Valley Board Officers Chair Pam Bolin.................................................Clarksville, IA Vice Chair Randy Schaefer...................................Blue Grass, IA Assistant Secretary Donald Berlage....................................Elizabeth, IL Assistant Treasurer Francis Leibfried.................................Cuba City, WI Swiss Valley Directors Loyde M. Beers......................................Eastman, WI Jeff Berg...................................................LaCrosse, WI Dan Duitscher............................................Rolfe, Iowa Dale Humpal.........................................Ridgeway, IA Richard Kauffmann...................................Farley, IA Steve Klug...................................Spring Grove, MN G. Joe Lyon..................................................Toledo, IA Tom Oberhaus....................................Waukesha, WI Patrick Schroeder...............................Lancaster, WI page 2 As June Dairy Month rolls along, I am happy to proclaim that at Swiss Valley Farms, it’s ‘full steam ahead’ with our cheese production. For this co-op, it is all about the cheese! Our cheese production has increased and our quality has never been better. We are expanding into the production of new types of cheeses and our sales, both domestic and abroad, are on the rise. In fact, this year Swiss Valley will set a record in cheese exports! It seemed a fitting tribute for June Dairy Month and to our co-op members who provide the excellent milk to these facilities to itemize what cheeses Swiss CEO Don Boelens Valley Farms makes at which co-op Baby Swiss. Here, 5 lb. wheels of facilities. Luana: This plant is back on track making well over 80% A and B 100-lb. blocks Baby Swiss from White Hill Cheese in Shullsburg and cuts of natural Swiss from Luana are placed on shelves in a large smoke-curer. We don’t dip our of Swiss. We are winning back old cheese in artificial liquid smoke like customers and picking up new ones. We can’t make enough of our sweet whey powder to fill all the demand for it, both in the U.S. and abroad. Our cream cheese and Neufchatel (a lowfat cream cheese) is made here. These cheeses have a strong following among most companies. Instead, the cheese is sent through a natural smoking process, giving it a sharp hickory smoke flavor and orange rind color. Mindoro: This is where we make premium wheels of Danish-style Blue and U.S. food manufacturers. This year, Gorgonzola cheeses. Demand for this our cream cheese exports have gone through the roof! Our Asian customers are particularly fond of it. New at Luana is the production of 100-lb. blocks of Gouda, which is prime cheese indeed! Our Mexican customers, in particular, are very fond of it and exports there are going well. St. Olaf: St. Olaf, our small cheese-cutting operation located 13 miles south of Luana, is probably most famous for being the home of a real Swiss Valley specialty cheese just continues to climb. Molded into 6-lb. wheels, this flavorful cheese is shipped to customers from coast to coast and as well as exported. Faribault: When the co-op purchased the Caves of Faribault in Minnesota almost three years ago, we increased our footprint in the national Blue cheese market. Here, Blue cheese wheels are produced using artisanal cheese making methods and then put into these famous sandstone caves where conditions are crowd pleaser -- Smoked Swiss and ideal for the curing and aging of this SWISS VALLEY FARMS DAIRYMAN
Why, We’re the Cheese! cheese. Also, Wisconsin-made Cheddar and Gouda are put into these caves to age and acquire that value-added finish. These cheeses are sold to customers across America. Blue cheese labels produced here are: AmaBlu®, AmaGorg® and St. Pete’s Select®. Gouda’s are Jeffs’ Select and St. Mary’s®. Seasonal Blue cheeses include: Verdant® (using grass-fed milk) and Blues and Brews, which is Blue cheese infused with local craft beers. Fini cave-finished Cheddar is also available. Rochester Cheese: Rochester Cheese is a wholly owned subsidiary of Swiss Valley Farms and continues to be a major profit center for this co-op. At the Spring Valley plant, they blend cheeses purchased elsewhere and turn them into a wide variety of custom-formulated products that are designed, manufactured and packaged for the specific needs of our customers. Varieties include cold-blended Club, process and enzyme-modified cheeses. Many of the products that are eventually made from these ingredients, such as soups and cheese crackers, can be seen every day on your local grocery store shelves. Construction is now underway to convert part of the Rochester Cheese warehouse and offices in Rochester, Minn. into a production site for Club and pasteurized process cheeses. Spring Valley will remain in an active capacity as a warehousing and production site. Shullsburg: Located in southwest Wisconsin, the Shullsburg cheese plant is the home of White Hill Cheese, Co. LLC, a joint venture between Swiss Valley Farms and Emmi-Roth Käse. Swiss Valley owns the facilities and supplies the milk in this venture. Emmi-Roth Käse runs White Hill Cheese, where they manufacture Baby Swiss, No-Salt Added Swiss and other Swiss varieties. The co-op bought this 24,000-square foot facility in 2005. Included in our property is a 50,000-square foot warehouse, which allows the co-op increased storage capacity for our many cheeses. I’ll be saluting June Dairy Month many times by enjoying some of these great Swiss Valley Farms cheeses. Will you join me? Co-op NEWS Faribault, Minn. Blue Cheese Gorgonzola Aging of Gouda & Cheddar Rochester, Minn. Warehouse * *Soon to be production site Spring Valley, Minn. Club Cheese Pasteurized Process Cheese Enzyme-modified Cheese Luana, Iowa Swiss Gouda Block Cream Cheese/Neufchatel Whey St. Olaf, Iowa Cut & Wrap Natural Smoking Mindoro, Wis. Blue Cheese Gorgonzola Shullsburg, Wis. (joint venture with Emmi–Roth Käse) Baby Swiss Other Swiss varieties Co-op members can purchase these cheeses by calling: 1. The Luana, Iowa plant cheese store at 563-539-7201. 2. Swiss Valley’s Procurement Office at the Prairie Farms bottling plant in Dubuque. Phone 563-583-7669. 3. The Cheese Cave store in downtown Faribault at 318 Central Ave. N. Phone (507) 334-3988 . 4. Or shop on-line at: www.cheesecave.com. Davenport, Iowa Corporate Headquarters JUNE 2013 page 3
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